This work provides an approachable introduction to the history and the many forms that bread takes throughout the world. It provides an analysis of the different components of bread such as crust and crumb, to enable readers to better understand the breads they buy.

A comprehensive guide to baking bread using whole grains, including instructions and recipes for yeasted loaves, quick breads, and muffins.

The author of the highly successful "Brother Juniper's Bread Book" combines traditional methods and whole grains with sometimes wild creativity to create breads that are delicious beyond belief. With advice on using food processors and bread machines, the book shows that making world-class bread needn't be difficult or daunting.

Grandmother almost loses her secret recipe for cranberry bread to one of the guests she and Maggie invite for Thanksgiving dinner. Includes the secret recipe.

"With allergies to gluten and commercial yeast on the rise, natural yeast is a fun and healthy solution to baking all the foods you love while improving your body's antioxidants, breaking down grains, and making your bread taste more delicious than ever. "Bread Geek" Melissa Richardson, coauthor of The Art of Baking with Natural Yeast, is back with new and refined techniques and tips that will take your natural yeast breads to the next level"--Amazon.com....

"The major new cookbook by the pioneer from Bread Alone, who revolutionized American artisan bread baking, with 60 recipes inspired by bakers around the world. At twenty-two, Daniel Leader stumbled across the intoxicating perfume of bread baking in the back room of a Parisian boulangerie, and he has loved and devoted himself to making quality bread ever since. He went on to create Bread Alone, the now-iconic bakery that has become one of the most...